LONDON, Feb. 17—Any timid hopes that the automotive industry was making its way out of the woods have been dashed with the latest loss in consumer confidence arising from Toyota’s biggest recall in its 70-year history. The recall of over 8 million vehicles over sticking accelerator pedals, and further problems with loss of braking on the latest Prius, Lexus HS250 h and the Sai models, will likely cost Toyota a total of 80 –100,000 cars in lost sales to other vehicle brands in the first half of 2010, as sales of its 8....